No that's not what I'm saying at all. What I mean is that more and more people doing say web surfing, office work, or even programming or similar tasks, who don't need all that computing power will instead go with more portable and cheaper solutions even though they are less powerful. Who really needs all that power aside…
Aight, I understand. I guess a lot of people, including myself, are at a stage where we're optimistic / naive enough to think that anything can be the new holy grail of modeling. So here's a test that shows off the strengths of face-weighted normals. Some things to note - exporting the fbx from maya2013 gave TERRIBLE…
unfortunately i have way too much other art-related stuff to get the hang of before i seriously dive into programming.. goddamn these 24 hour days.. i will however take this opportunity to paste a couple of my hackjob maxscripts here, i'm sure you guys have some pointers on how to make them more efficient. this script i…
Thanks Ely, (or shall I say Hooter Veteran?) 2. Athlon 2700+ CPU is good, so you may want to invest in a new board. Yes, omg, I have spent so much on my system. Depressing link! http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products...;l=en&s=bsd 3. I prefer ABIT motherboards. They have a nice BIOS tool. I really like AMD slot a cos of…
No, you are not dreaming this - we are teaming up with Valve yet again for another contest! Just like when we teamed up with Valve for the TF2 Polycount Pack, we're kicking off a brand new contest for Valve's Dota 2 where the winners will have their entries included in the Dota 2 store for a chance to earn some money from…
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Hey guys, I have a couple general questions about how to optimize my game better. Im making a desktop pc game. In the largest scenes, tri count rarely exceeds 500k, until you turn on shadows. Then it can go from 1-3 million. I've disabled shadow casting on all but the essential character and enviro pieces. I have baked…
Forgive me if this doesn't quite fit in this forum but I thought it wasn't quite about freelancing. I just got an email about a great competition that I'd love to take part it. I'm very excited about it and want to have a crack at it. However, I need 3 team mates. I'm currently scouting around my mates, but thought it was…
While others are shutting down, Microsoft opens Black Tusk Studios in Vancouver "While console video game companies have been shutting their Vancouver studios, a handful of Microsoft game developers have been quietly building a presence in Yaletown. Today they are taking the wraps off the venture, which started with five…